Colonel Harland Sanders 1890, Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder 1923, Cliff Robertson 1925
Otis Redding 1941, Joe Thiesman 1949, Adam Sandler 1966
490 B.C. - The Battle of Marathon took place between the invading Persian army and the Athenian Army. The marathon race was derived from the events that occurred surrounding this battle.
1776 - The second Continental Congress officially made the term "United States", replacing the previous term "United Colonies."
1898 - In Omaha, NE, Tommy Fleming of Eau Claire, WI won the first logrolling championship.
1919 - Alexander Graham Bell and Casey Baldwin's HD-4, a hydrofoil craft, set a world marine speed record.
1942 - Japan dropped incendiaries in an attempt to set fire to the forests in Oregon and Washington. The forest did not ignite.
1957 - The first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction was signed into law by U.S. President (Republican) Eisenhower.
1965 - French President Charles de Gaulle announced that France was withdrawing from NATO to protest the domination of the U.S. in the organization.
1971 - Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings retired from the National Hockey League (NHL).
1979 - Tracy Austin, at 16, became the youngest player to win the U.S. Open women’s tennis title.
1993 - Israeli and PLO leaders agreed to recognize each other.
1998 - Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr delivered to the U.S. Congress 36 boxes of material concerning his investigation of U.S. President Clinton.
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